-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy met with Sudan 's wanted President Omar al-Bashir in Cairo on Sunday as the Egyptian government dismissed calls for the visiting leader 's arrest .

The International Criminal Court has demanded al-Bashir 's arrest on charges of war crimes . The human rights group Amnesty International urged Egypt before the visit to either cancel the Sudanese leader or arrest him .

But Morsy spokesman Yasser Ali told the state-run Middle East News Agency that Egypt is n't a member of the ICC , the permanent U.N. war-crimes tribunal . And he said Egypt is following the lead of the African Union , which has urged its members not to cooperate with the tribunal in seeking al-Bashir 's arrest .

Al-Bashir landed in Cairo on Sunday for a two-day visit . His talks with Morsy included regional concerns as well as bread-and-butter issues like livestock imports , industrial development and water rights in the Nile River basin , Ali said .

The ICC has called for al-Bashir 's arrest on 10 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity , accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in the Sudanese territory of Darfur in a campaign of murder , rape and deportation . In a statement issued Friday , Amnesty warned Egypt would become `` a safe haven for alleged perpetrators of genocide '' unless it took the Sudanese leader into custody .

`` In his first address , President Morsy said that Egypt 's values and identity would uphold humanitarian values , especially in freedom and human rights . How can he now shake hands with a man wanted for genocide ? '' asked Marek Marczynski , Amnesty 's campaign manager for international justice .

In June , Malawi dropped plans to host an African Union summit because the organization wanted al-Bashir to attend . Malawi signed the Rome Statute that created the ICC , and President Joyce Banda said her country could n't welcome al-Bashir because of the warrant .

CNN 's Amir Ahmed contributed to this report .

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Sudan 's president has been accused of war crimes and genocide

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Amnesty International has called for his arrest during a visit to Egypt

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Egypt says it 's following African Union policy by ignoring an arrest warrant